bullabessa

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French bouillabaisse, from Occitan bolhabaissa, possibly a compound of bolhir (“to boil”) +‎ abaissar (“to lower [temperature]”). Compare bullir and abaixar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [bu.ʎəˈβɛ.sə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) unknown
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [bu.ʎaˈbe.sa]
• Rhymes: -ɛsa

Noun

bullabessa f (plural bullabesses)

1. (also uncountable) bouillabaisse (fish soup from Provence)

Further reading

• “bullabessa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024